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Abortion and unintended pregnancy in six Indian states: findings and implications for policies and programs

New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2018. 27 p.

Authors:

Singh, Susheela

Hussain, Rubina

Shekhar, Chander

Acharya, Rajib

Moore, Ann M.

Stillman, Melissa

Sahoo, Harihar

Alagarajan, Manoj

Sundaram, Aparna

Kalyanwala, Shveta

Ball, Haley

Organizations:

Guttmacher Institute

Population Council

International Institute for Population Sciences

ISBN:

978-1-934387-20-7

Description:

This report summarizes 2015 state-level findings from a large-scale study of six Indian states titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India (UPAI). Focusing on Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the report estimates the incidence of abortions occurring in facility and nonfacility settings. It also provides representative, in-depth information on the characteristics of abortion-related services (induced abortion and postabortion care) provided by public- and private-sector facilities, in addition to estimates of levels of facility-based provision of care for women with abortion-related complications. Finally, it uses abortion incidence data to estimate levels of unintended pregnancy.